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Lexicon :: Strong's G2346 - thlibō

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θλίβω
Transliteration
thlibō (Key)
Pronunciation
thlee'-bo
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
Akin to the base of τρίβος (G5147)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 3:139,334

Strong’s Definitions

θλίβω thlíbō, thlee'-bo; akin to the base of G5147; to crowd (literally or figuratively):—afflict, narrow, throng, suffer tribulation, trouble.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 10x

The KJV translates Strong's G2346 in the following manner: trouble (4x), afflict (3x), narrow (1x), throng (1x), suffer tribulation (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 10x
The KJV translates Strong's G2346 in the following manner: trouble (4x), afflict (3x), narrow (1x), throng (1x), suffer tribulation (1x).

  1. to press (as grapes), press hard upon

  2. a compressed way

    1. narrow straitened, contracted

  3. metaph. to trouble, afflict, distress

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
θλίβω thlíbō, thlee'-bo; akin to the base of G5147; to crowd (literally or figuratively):—afflict, narrow, throng, suffer tribulation, trouble.
STRONGS G2346:
θλίβω; passive, present θλίβομαι; perfect participle τεθλιμμένος; [allied with flagrum, affliction; from Homer down]; to press (as grapes), press hard upon: properly, τινά [A. V. throng], Mark 3:9; ὁδὸς τεθλιμμένη a compressed way, i. e. narrow, straitened, contracted, Matthew 7:14; metaphorically, to trouble, afflict, distress, (Vulg., tribulo): τινά, 2 Thessalonians 1:6; passive (Vulg. tribulor, [also augustior]; tribulationem patior): 2 Corinthians 1:6; 2 Corinthians 4:8; 2 Corinthians 7:5; [1 Thessalonians 3:4; 2 Thessalonians 1:7]; 1 Timothy 5:10; Hebrews 11:37. (οἱ θλίβοντες for צָרִים in the Sept.)
[Compare: ἀπο-, συνθλίβω.]
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
7:14
Mark
3:9
2 Corinthians
1:6; 4:8; 7:5
1 Thessalonians
3:4
2 Thessalonians
1:6; 1:7
1 Timothy
5:10
Hebrews
11:37

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2346 matches the Greek θλίβω (thlibō),
which occurs 10 times in 10 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 7:14

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:14 - But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 3:9 - Because of the crowd he told his disciples to have a small boat ready for him, to keep the people from crowding him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 1:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 1:6 - If we are distressed, it is for your comfort and salvation; if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which produces in you patient endurance of the same sufferings we suffer.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 4:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 4:8 - We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 7:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 7:5 - For when we came into Macedonia, we had no rest, but we were harassed at every turn—conflicts on the outside, fears within.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Th 3:4 - In fact, when we were with you, we kept telling you that we would be persecuted. And it turned out that way, as you well know.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Th 1:6 - God is just: He will pay back trouble to those who trouble you

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Unchecked Copy Box2Th 1:7 - and give relief to you who are troubled, and to us as well. This will happen when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven in blazing fire with his powerful angels.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 5:10 - and is well known for her good deeds, such as bringing up children, showing hospitality, washing the feet of the Lord’s people, helping those in trouble and devoting herself to all kinds of good deeds.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:37 - They were put to death by stoning;[fn] they were sawed in two; they were killed by the sword. They went about in sheepskins and goatskins, destitute, persecuted and mistreated—
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